Help Close by

Analysis

Help Close by is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in July 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Help Close by reported income of £21k and spending of £1,018, leaving 95% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £147 to £21k (+14183%), an average of +246% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 2464%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Help Close by sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mama Mwila Trust (£21k), Congleton United Reformed Church (£21k) and Open Minds Nottingham (£21k).